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4 Stocks Pushing The Industrial Goods Sector Higher

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TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 4 stocks pushing the sector higher today:

4.
Avery Dennison (
AVY) is one of the companies pushing the Industrial Goods sector higher today. As of noon trading, Avery Dennison is up $2.59 (7.2%) to $38.73 on heavy volume Thus far, 2.2 million shares of Avery Dennison exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 693,600 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $37.65-$40.00 after having opened the day at $39.88 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $36.14.

Avery Dennison Corporation manufactures and sells pressure-sensitive materials, brand identification and information management products, and other converted products worldwide. Avery Dennison has a market cap of $3.6 billion and is part of the industrial industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 3.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Avery Dennison a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Avery Dennison as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, increase in net income, reasonable valuation levels, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. Get the full
Avery Dennison Ratings Report now.

3. As of noon trading,
ABB (
ABB) is up $0.20 (0.9%) to $21.71 on average volume Thus far, 1.1 million shares of ABB exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.8 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $21.54-$21.72 after having opened the day at $21.59 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $21.51.

ABB Ltd provides power and automation technologies for utility and industrial customers worldwide. ABB has a market cap of $48.8 billion and is part of the industrial industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.4, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 2.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate ABB a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates ABB as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full
ABB Ratings Report now.

2. As of noon trading,
Stanley Black & Decker (
SWK) is up $0.71 (0.9%) to $77.57 on average volume Thus far, 674,808 shares of Stanley Black & Decker exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $76.85-$77.99 after having opened the day at $76.91 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $76.86.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. provides power and hand tools, mechanical access solutions, and electronic security and monitoring systems primarily in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Canada. Stanley Black & Decker has a market cap of $12.9 billion and is part of the industrial industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.4, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 3.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Stanley Black & Decker a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Stanley Black & Decker as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. Get the full
Stanley Black & Decker Ratings Report now.

1. As of noon trading,
Boeing (
BA) is up $0.87 (1.2%) to $74.52 on average volume Thus far, 4.2 million shares of Boeing exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $73.73-$74.71 after having opened the day at $74.42 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $73.65.

The Boeing Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, sale, and support of commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services worldwide. Boeing has a market cap of $55.8 billion and is part of the aerospace/defense industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.0, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 1.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 16 analysts that rate Boeing a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Boeing as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. Get the full
Boeing Ratings Report now.

A reminder about TheStreet Ratings group: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model.